# 熔

| 熔 | U+7194, &#29076; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7194 |
| ← 熓 [U+7193] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 熕 → [U+7195] |

## Translingual
### Han character

熔 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火十金口 (FJCR), four-corner 9386$_8$, composition ⿰火容)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 680, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19319
* Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2225, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7194

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 螸 | *lo |
| 裕 | *loɡs |
| 容 | *loŋ |
| 溶 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 鎔 | *loŋ |
| 蓉 | *loŋ |
| 傛 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 褣 | *loŋ |
| 搈 | *loŋ |
| 瑢 | *loŋ |
| 嵱 | *loŋ |
| 熔 | *loŋ |
| 榕 | *loŋ |
| 塎 | *loŋʔ |
| 谷 | *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ |
| 唂 | *kloːɡ |
| 焀 | *ɡloːɡ |
| 俗 | *ljoɡ |
| 欲 | *loɡ |
| 浴 | *loɡ |
| 鵒 | *loɡ |
| 峪 | *ɦkloːɡ |
| 鋊 | *loɡ |
| 輍 | *loɡ |
| 慾 | *loɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róng (rong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iâuⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róng
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róng
*** Wade–Giles: jung$^2$
*** Yale: rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
*** Palladius: жун (žun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^4$
*** Yale: yùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
*** Tâi-lô: iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iûnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iônn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iâunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viaau
*** IPA (Penang): /iãu²³/
* iông - literary;
* iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 熔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4293 |
| Phonetic component | 谷 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 容 |
| Old Chinese | /*loŋ/ |
| Notes | 鎔今字 |

### Definitions

熔
* to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat

#### Compounds

* 易熔合金
* 氣體熔接 / 气体熔接
* 熔化 (rónghuà)
* 熔岩 (róngyán)
* 熔接 (róngjiē)
* 熔接法
* 熔斷 / 熔断 (róngduàn)
* 熔煉 / 熔炼 (róngliàn)
* 熔燬 / 熔毁
* 熔爐 / 熔炉 (rónglú)
* 熔蝕 / 熔蚀
* 熔融 (róngróng)
* 熔解 (róngjiě)
* 熔點 / 熔点 (róngdiǎn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* melt, fuse

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: よう (yō)、ゆう (yū)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: いがた (igata, 熔)、とかす (tokasu, 熔かす)、とける (tokeru, 熔ける)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 熔 is mostly replaced by 溶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 熔(よう)化(か) (yōka) (溶(よう)化(か))
* 熔(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (溶(よう)解(かい), 鎔(よう)解(かい))
* 熔(よう)岩(がん) (yōgan) (溶(よう)岩(がん))
* 熔(よう)接(せつ) (yōsetsu) (溶(よう)接(せつ))
* 熔(よう)着(ちゃく) (yōchaku) (溶(よう)着(ちゃく))
* 熔(よう)融(ゆう) (yōyū) (溶(よう)融(ゆう))
* 熔(よう)錬(れん) (yōren) (溶(よう)錬(れん))
* 熔(よう)炉(ろ) (yōro) (溶(よう)炉(ろ))
* 熔(よう)和(わ) (yōwa) (溶(よう)和(わ))

## Korean
### Hanja

熔 • (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune–Reischauer yong, Yale yong)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

熔: Hán Nôm readings: dong, dung, nung
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